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Here’s a rendering for a trio of green, modular townhouses planned for a plot of land in Bed Stuy across the street from Restoration Plaza. Designed by Garrison Architects, the 2,900-square-foot houses have highly efficient heating, insulation and lighting systems. They also look pretty darn good, we think. According to the listing agent, one of the three houses is already spoken for, which is impressive since a $1,300,000 price tag isn’t easy to pull off in this part of town these days. Then again, nothing like this has been done in the area as far as we know. Think they’ll be a market for this approach?
22 New York Avenue – In Contract [Corcoran]
24 New York Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP
24A New York Avenue [Corcoran]

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  1. True there are some blocks in BS that are down right ugly and you just want to ask WHY? ALL that new construction of the past 10 years was just wrong. But there are blocks in Bedford Stuyvesant architectural speaking that makes places like Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill look UGLY and cannot even compete. Park Slope and Bedford Stuyvesant are build at the same time for the children that once lived in Ft Greene and Brooklyn Heights during the 1860s and 70s. From 1880 -1900 Bedford Corners and Stuyvesant Heights was the new hip young place to live and all the old people lived downtown. These young rich families built these grand brownstones to show off. Architects like Montrose Morris but there all into Hancock Street. Even the The Montauk Club has a twin (that is a nursing home today) in the area in what is Crown Heights today near Bedford Ave and Dean St. Boys High School by architect James Naughton is the best looking school in NYC.

  2. I brought in the Stuyvesant Heights section of Bedford Stuyvesant earlier this year… I moved from my condo in Park Slope and was looking for a house in that area. I always love the homes in Park Slope and thought that PS was the only area in Brooklyn that had browntone of all different styles. I fell in love the the Queen Anne style brownstone that you see on St. Johns pl north of 6th ave and on Persident Street north of 8th ave.
    Well after being priced out of PS and even Prospect Height/ Ft Greene/ Clinton Hill I started to drive to this “scary” Bedford Stuyvesant and fell in love… I have been over here before but on all the wrong streets. Most of the streets near CH and Williamsburg did not appeal to me or my wife.
    I knew Hancock was nice but I got out of my car and walk on Jefferson, Halsey, Macon and Putnam. I lady on Jefferson told me to go to MacDonough and there is were I found my Queen Anne style house full of plaster and unpainted wood details from 1889. I met a guy outside his house and he wanted to sell no broker and the sell was smooth.
    Please people come see for yourself.. I you really want a Brownstone that is not 1 million dolalrs come to Bedford Stuyvesant.

  3. Agreed Biff. That was surprisingly clear and effective. I’m wondering if The What hasn’t posted anything since the filter went up and someone else has taken up his mantle… Or, maybe he took a writing class at the Learning Annex or something.

  4. Now that you are priced out of the “hood” you want prices to fall. It won’t happen. You missed the opportunity to buy. I hope you know the name of a good mover because rents are not going down either.

    Bye.

  5. Someone is either impersonating The What or else he is proving that Grade 1 style of writing we’re all used to was a total put on. Look at the post at 5:29. Despite what one thinks of the opinion, when has his writing ever been close to that coherent?

  6. “”Someday people wont have to spend half their income on rent.”

    As long as I’ve lived in NYC (about 30 years) I’ve paid half my income in rent.

    You have a totally suburban mindset, the What.

    You really weren’t meant to live in New York City.

    Which is, I guess why you don’t any longer…”

    Now you lived in NYC for 30 years and you don’t own anything. Tsk Tsk Tsk. Bite me!!!!!!

    The What

    Someday this war is gonna end…..

  7. “”Someday people wont have to spend half their income on rent.”

    As long as I’ve lived in NYC (about 30 years) I’ve paid half my income in rent.

    You have a totally suburban mindset, the What.

    You really weren’t meant to live in New York City.

    Which is, I guess why you don’t any longer…”

    Now you lived in NYC for 30 years and you don’t own anything. Tsk Tsk Tsk. Bite me!!!!!!

    The What

    Someday this war is gonna end…..

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